National Recycling Week 2012
03 September, 2012This National Recycling week, to be held from 12-18 November, Planet Ark is encouraging all Australians to take recycling action at their home, school or workplace. A variety of events will be held to highlight the importance of recycling.
Toilet Challenge winners
28 August, 2012The California Institute of Techology’s (Caltech’s) solar-powered toilet has won the Reinventing the Toilet Challenge issued by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Caltech engineer Michael Hoffmann and his colleagues were awarded $100,000 for their design, which they demonstrated at the Reinvent the Toilet Fair, a two-day event held 14-15 August in Seattle.
Soil pollution monitoring
28 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Otek Australia Pty LtdOTEK Australia has combined two contaminated land assessment technologies for the environmental sector. The combination of Direct Sensing Tools and an EnCore sampler increases the reliability of analytical results and enables contamination data to be processed in real time, making the process faster than previous approaches.
Sydney Opera House lights to be recycled
23 August, 2012The Sydney Opera House Trust has been recognised by the Australian Government for committing to recycle fluorescent lights from its iconic building.
World first in recycled building material
21 August, 2012A University of Canterbury academic has produced a world first recycled plastic and sawdust composite building material.
Tabcorp Park races into recycling
16 August, 2012Tabcorp Park has installed new waste and recycling bins just in time for the famous ‘Blue Chip Farms Breeders Crown’, where more than $1.5 million in prize money will be on offer on ‘Super Sunday’ 19 August 2012.
Cleaning up legacy contamination at steelworks’ site
14 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Enviropacific Services Pty LtdEnviropacific Services’ (EPS) main role during the BHP Remediation works was the practical implementation of the Material Management Plan (MMP) (Maunsell, 1999). This involved the classification and management of contaminated material identified in preliminary investigations and encountered during earthworks.
Portable device detects soil contamination
14 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Ziltek Pty LtdZiltek and CSIRO have announced the commercialisation of a handheld device for the rapid in-field analysis of petroleum contamination in soil.
Seeing waste as a resource
10 August, 2012A study by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has demonstrated that the re-use of disused resources has the potential to create a new industry sector providing jobs for Australia’s most disadvantaged jobseekers. Australia’s Community Recycling Enterprises (CREs) divert 152,000 tonnes of waste each year, employ 1500 people and contribute over $56 million to the regional economy.
Enviropacific establishes in Western Australia
09 August, 2012Enviropacific is pleased to announce the establishment of its office in Landsdale, Perth.
Ecotech and Ionicon annnounce distribution partnership
07 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Ecotech Pty LtdOnline mass spectrometry specialist Ionicon Analytik and environmental monitoring instruments and services company Ecotech are teaming up in Australia and New Zealand.
National waste policy
07 August, 2012The second release of Geoscience Australia’s database and map of waste-related infrastructure is now available.
Responsible recycling with reverse vending machines
03 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Verde AustraliaIn an effort to increase reycling efforts away from the home, Verde Australia explains why reverse vending machines (RVMs) are a sophisticated and effective method of collecting our country’s containers.
Endress+Hauser Proline Prosonic B 200 ultrasonic biogas flowmeter
02 August, 2012 | Supplied by: Endress+Hauser Australia Pty LtdEndress+Hauser has introduced the Proline Prosonic B 200 ultrasonic flowmeter for measuring the flow rate and methane content of wet biogas, landfill or digester gas, and other types of low-pressure, wet or contaminated gas.
Australian Government and telcos encourage mobile phone recycling
25 July, 2012Australia’s telecommunications manufacturers and carriers together with Senator Don Farrell, Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water, have launched the industry’s online video encouraging mobile phone recycling.
